End of Life
End-of-Life Announcements
In order to help you plan for discontinued products, following are the time-lines for products that have been end-of-lifed and the Aruba Networks EOL policy for communication and support of such hardware and software products.
- Announcement for ArubaOS 3.2.0.X
- Announcement for ArubaOS 3.1.0.X
- Announcement for ArubaOS 2.5.4.X
- Announcement for ArubaOS 2.4
- Announcement for ArubaOS 2.3
- Aruba 5000 Mobility controller
- AP-52 and AP-52-W
- PowerDsine 6000 Series
End of Life Summary
| Description | Software | Hardware | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EOS | End of Sale | NA | -- |
| EOD | End of Development | 18 months from initial release date | NA |
| EOST | End of Support | 6 months from EOD | 5 years from EOS |
Announcement for ArubaOS 3.2.0.X (LD)
- General Availability Date: N/A (ArubaOS 3.2 was released as LD on October 25, 2007)
- End-of-Life Announcement: October 25, 2007
- End-of-Development Date: February 29, 2008
- End-of-Support Date: February 29, 2008
Announcement for ArubaOS 3.1.0.X
- General Availability Date: February 23, 2007
- End-of-Life Announcement: May 5, 2008
- End-of-Development Date: November 5, 2008
- End-of-Support Date: May 5, 2009
For more information, click here to download announcement details.
Announcement for ArubaOS 2.5.4.X
- General Availability Date: December 20, 2005
- End-of-Life Announcement: May 18, 2007
- End-of-Development Date: June 30, 2007 for 2.5.3 and below. August 31, 2007 for 2.5.4. December 31, 2009 for the newest 2.5 maintenance release.
- End-of-Support Date: December 31, 2007 for 2.5.4.X and below. June 30, 2010 for the newest 2.5.5.X maintenance release.
For more information, click here to download announcement details.
Announcement for ArubaOS 2.4
- General Availability Date: May 6, 2005
- End-of-Life Announcement: May 18, 2007
- End-of-Development Date: November 31, 2006
- End-of-Support Date: August 31, 2007
For more information, click here to download announcement details.
Announcement for ArubaOS 2.3
- General Availability Date: January 28, 2005
- End-of-Life Announcement: May 18, 2007
- End-of-Development Date: July 31, 2006
- End-of-Support Date: August 31, 2007
For more information, click here to download announcement details.
Aruba 5000 Mobility controller
- EOS Announcement Date: April 17, 2006
- EOS Effective Date: July 31, 2006 or early if inventory is exhausted
- EOL Date: Not announced at this time*
- Last Shipment Date: June 30, 2005
- This product is being replaced with the following:
- 6000-BASE-2PSU-200
- 6000-BASE-2PSU-400
- 6000-BASE-2PSU-200-FIPS
- 6000-BASE-2PSU-400-FIPS
*The End-of-Life date has not been determined as yet due to the Aruba 6000 being a direct replacement for the Aruba 5000. Hence, Aruba Networks will continue to support the Aruba 5000 installed base via the Aruba 6000 base systems and spares.
AP-52 and AP-52-W
- EOS Announcement Date: March 17, 2005
- EOS Effective Date: June 17, 2005
- Last Order Date: June 16, 2005
- Last Shipment Date: June 30, 2005
- Next Generation Dual-radio APs:
- AP-65
- AP-70
PowerDsine 6000 Series
- EOS Announcement Date: July 1, 2005
- EOS Effective Date: immediately
- Replacement Solution: PowerDsine 3000 series POE Midspan
- Order Information: All new orders should be placed using the part numbers and prices as follows:
| Part # | Description |
|---|---|
| PD-3001-AC | 1 Port PowerDsine POE Midspan |
| PD-3006-AC | 6 Port PowerDsine POE Midspan - 19” Rack Mount |
| PD-3012-AC | 12 Port PowerDsine POE Midspan - 19” Rack Mount |